Scratch and "hot chickens"

[KenK]

Could the "myth" have a kernel of truth? Seems to me that feeding scratch or corn could up the caloric intake, depending on how it was fed.

Think about yourself. You have had a good, nutritious, dinner and you are not hungry at all. Somebody brings over a big apple pie...

 

[Clay Mudd]

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I think that's sort of how it started. A couple of good books on chicken raising suggest feeding more grain during cold weather to provide the calories needed to maintain body temp. It would be easy to misinterpret that as "feeding grain always raises body temp". And since corn is the cheap-common grain in the US...